Sentences with phrase «from herbaria»
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One needs only to borrow specimens from the international network of herbaria to appreciate what a limited sample exists for most taxa, particularly for collections made prior to 1950.
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In their studies on phylogenetics and biogeography, Besnard and his colleagues have also sequenced DNA from preserved plants in herbaria.
«A nonet of new plant species from Africa emphasizes the importance of herbaria in botany.»
«It's especially important for smaller herbaria to be able to search and access collections from larger institutions in order to broaden their studies.»
The colonization history of the Pyrenean rocket is well documented, explains postdoctoral researcher and corresponding author Katrien Vandepitte (Plant Conservation and Population Biology Research Group): «We found dried specimens of the Pyrenean rocket in herbaria from the 19th and 20th centuries and were able to isolate DNA from these samples.
Specimen records were obtained from the Consortium of California Herbaria, a centralized portal accessing over 959,000 specimens from 16 herbaria [31].